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When Swansea City click, they look seamless and fluid, full of nimble possession and quick on the break. “When we play well, we look a very good team,” Michael Laudrup said after Saturday’s excellent victory at St James’ Park, although for all their joyous football, the manager grasped more relief from it than jubilation.

A second win in their past ten league matches restored some momentum to Swansea’s season and lifted them to tenth in the Barclays Premier League, but Laudrup knows the game well enough to understand that delight can only ever be fleeting.